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. >> woodruff: romney also attacked gingrich's consulting work for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal-ridden agency that helped create the crisis. >> woodruff: in romney's financial disclosure forms show he too profited from freddie mac through his investments. still romney insisted that gingrich also release all documents from a congressional ethics investigation he faced in the '90s. >> in the case of the speaker, he's got some records which would represent an october surprise. we could see an october surprise today from newt gingrich. >> woodruff: earlier on abc gingrich said he found romney's document demand ironic. >> here's somebody who has released none of his business records, who has decided to make a stand on transparency without being transparent. i did no lobbying, period. he keeps using the word lobbyist because i'm sure his consultants tell him it scores well. it's not true. he knows it's not true. he's deliberately saying things he kn
. >> woodruff: romney also attacked gingrich's consulting work for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal-ridden agency that helped create the crisis. >> woodruff: in romney's financial disclosure forms show he too profited from freddie mac through his investments. still romney insisted that gingrich also release all documents from a...
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what did he do for freddie mac? >> well, according to people who work there now and people who worked there at the time that the speaker was under contract, his job there was to help develop a message that they could, freddie mac, could then take to capitol hill that would be persuasive to conservative republicans who really wanted to crack down on freddie mac and fannie mae and impose... i'm sorry i said that wrong. and impose greater regulations upon them. they also look to him to help identify republicans on capitol hill who might be open to that kind of argument. >> woodruff: how is that different from being a lobbyist? we've heard mitt romney accuse gingrich of being a lobbyist. he said whether you call yourself that or not. what's difference? >> the definition of a lobbyist is actually quite narrow. keep in mind it was written by members of congress who hope some day to leave the hill and get a great job on k-street making a lot of money. they wrote this definition. it requires that a person have a paid client
what did he do for freddie mac? >> well, according to people who work there now and people who worked there at the time that the speaker was under contract, his job there was to help develop a message that they could, freddie mac, could then take to capitol hill that would be persuasive to conservative republicans who really wanted to crack down on freddie mac and fannie mae and impose... i'm sorry i said that wrong. and impose greater regulations upon them. they also look to him to help...
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i saw last night, mitt romney is trying to go after the tea party voters, talking about freddie mac and setting newt gingrich up. that's what that is about. and ron paul is going after the tea party vote. but the tea party has to coalesce itself. they need to organize. >> sean: but they are not organized. >> they need to. >> they are know a party. they are a group of people who encompass ideals. but santorum came on so strong last night. he had that whole grommet look, looking to the lift and was sheepish, last night, he looked like a man on the mission and he stayed above the fray. you might have won iowa, do you want to bring that up? he said, i don't care. you want to attack mitt romney. he said, i'm going to stay out of it. that's an adult. >> santorum scored big, big points. but you mentioned the tea party, they are unorganized. compared to occupy wall street, they look on target. they are not uninfluential. >> but santorum will have to turn into a real candidate. he cannot get elected right now. >> sean: we will come back. we have a bet with mr. fancy here. he is for tom brady. th
i saw last night, mitt romney is trying to go after the tea party voters, talking about freddie mac and setting newt gingrich up. that's what that is about. and ron paul is going after the tea party vote. but the tea party has to coalesce itself. they need to organize. >> sean: but they are not organized. >> they need to. >> they are know a party. they are a group of people who encompass ideals. but santorum came on so strong last night. he had that whole grommet look, looking...
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freddie mac helped cause the economic crash but gingrich cashed in. >> woodruff: he has been on the defensive in part because of the million of dollars worth of negative ads run by his opponents and by the pro romney so-called super pac name "restore our future." new campaign laws mean it's able to raise and spend unlimited funds unlike the candidates. >> to spend that number of dollars in negative ads into one candidate is pretty amazing. >> do you feel swift-boated? >> no, i feel romney-boated. >> reporter: the attacks seem to be working with many voters. >> we're afraid he has a little bit too much baggage. >> woodruff: what do you mean by that? >> past, you know, rumors and personal issues and things. >> woodruff: for his part rick perry has struggled to recover from a late start and a string of poor debate performances. but perry has raised money and is emphasizing organization in a state where that counts. >> i'll make a pact with you. if y'all will go and have my back this coming tuesday, i'll urve next four years in washington d.c. god bless you and thank you all for coming out and be
freddie mac helped cause the economic crash but gingrich cashed in. >> woodruff: he has been on the defensive in part because of the million of dollars worth of negative ads run by his opponents and by the pro romney so-called super pac name "restore our future." new campaign laws mean it's able to raise and spend unlimited funds unlike the candidates. >> to spend that number of dollars in negative ads into one candidate is pretty amazing. >> do you feel...
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mac where heav was paid $1.6 million. >> bret: the primary was started to help elect ronald reagan. and, it worked. he won the primary in 1980. since then, it has been seen as a key republican primary state. politicians and analysts see it as an early indicator of how the rest of the south will vote. >> megyn: many voters in south carolina were trying to decide just today who to support. mike emanuel reports on the undecideds and what they are thinking. >> reporter: despite a steady rain there is heavy volume much of the day at the columbia polling place. the newt gingrich supporter says she was undecided until very recently, but likes his toughness. >> i didn't know if it would be mitt romney or newt gingrich but i felt compelled to newt gingrich especially after the debate in charleston. i thought he handled that so well. and i thought he'll come up against a lot of that and that is the candidate i want, who can handle themselves and go back against the liberal media. >> reporter: supporters say he's most electable in the g.o.p. field. >> i feel like the candidates in the field, h
mac where heav was paid $1.6 million. >> bret: the primary was started to help elect ronald reagan. and, it worked. he won the primary in 1980. since then, it has been seen as a key republican primary state. politicians and analysts see it as an early indicator of how the rest of the south will vote. >> megyn: many voters in south carolina were trying to decide just today who to support. mike emanuel reports on the undecideds and what they are thinking. >> reporter: despite a...
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mac, while he tries to think the rest of us are too stupid to put the dots together to understand what this is all about. ( cheers and applause ) >> warner: but campaigning in jacksonville, romney said again that former house speaker gingrich brings all the baggage of a washington insider. >> if you think that you really need someone who has been part of the culture of washington for the last 35 years to go there again and continue in washington. why? there are other people you can choose. but if you want someone who has actually run a business, run two businesses, helped run an olympics and helped run a state- - who hasn't lived in washington but is intent on changing washington and making it work for the american people -- then i'm the person to vote for on tuesday. ( applause ) >> warner: the sharpened tone reflected the tight race. a cnn-"time" magazine poll on wednesday found romney with a narrow lead-- 36% to 34%. that was within the margin of error. meanwhile, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, seems to be running a distant third. in tallahassee, he urged voters to consi
mac, while he tries to think the rest of us are too stupid to put the dots together to understand what this is all about. ( cheers and applause ) >> warner: but campaigning in jacksonville, romney said again that former house speaker gingrich brings all the baggage of a washington insider. >> if you think that you really need someone who has been part of the culture of washington for the last 35 years to go there again and continue in washington. why? there are other people you can...
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freddie mac says it's up to you, release it, but your attorney says no. why not lay it out? >> no, my attorneys have said we're talking with the center for health transformation which i no longer own to get their permission to do it. i don't own it anymore. they have it. i'm perfectly happy to find a way to do it. i think they want to make sure it doesn't risk confidentiality for any of their other clients. my advice would be that it's okay. >> let me circle back and close where we began. the expectations tonight. newt gingrich will finish where? >> i think i'll finish somewhere in the middle of the pack. late this evening we will go to rock hill, south carolina, and tomorrow morning we are going to kick off the campaign on jobs and economic growth in south carolina. >> we'll watch the votes come in tonight. mr. speaker, we'll see you soon in south carolina. thank you for your time. >> thank you. take care. >> speaker gingrich looking ahead to south carolina. why he's not expected to do so well in new hampshire. it's 25 minutes until we start counting the votes. it is a fasc
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romney as being an investor in fannie mae and freddie mac and in goldman sachs. one of the things "the boston globe" has been reporting is that while those investments are commonly described as being part of a blind trust, though you can't really blame mitt romney, he didn't know his money was there, "the boston globe" is reporting that those envelopes were not blind happen.th. that mitt romney was aware of that. >>> coming up, we have a best new thing, sort of a blessed new thing. and another heart to heart i need to have with politifact. that's all still ahead. in the meantime, do you want some ice cream? it's from north north dakota. what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, i'm sick. you don't cough, you don't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. just 'cause i teach preschool doesn't mean i shouldn't look good. so, i use the bar to help repel lint. hmm. if only it repelled paint. [ boy ] that's not paint. [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? [ woman ] less lint on me. [ male announcer ] how do yo
romney as being an investor in fannie mae and freddie mac and in goldman sachs. one of the things "the boston globe" has been reporting is that while those investments are commonly described as being part of a blind trust, though you can't really blame mitt romney, he didn't know his money was there, "the boston globe" is reporting that those envelopes were not blind happen.th. that mitt romney was aware of that. >>> coming up, we have a best new thing, sort of a...
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pressure to eliminate or transform fannie mae and freddie mac to try to reduce taxpayer losses. in fact, both of those combined have cost you $150 billion so far. back to you. >> thank you, mandy drury. thank you. >>> what do you give to the monarch who has everything? here's your answer. as the british roy 2011, some are strange. for will and kate gifts included a teddy bear from the british ambassador's office, a carved sockeye salmon, matching cowboy hats from calgary and one we can't figure out, caribou antler snow goggles. for prince charles and camilla there was a camel saddle, zulu spears and shields and a warthog figurine. very interesting. back to ann, matt and al. of course the jewels, crystal and silver, too. >> right. they don't make the list because they're not fun. >> pumba from "the lion king". >> mr. roker, what's going on? >> we're looking at a lot of wet weather coming up out of the south where we have a risk of strong storms, heavy rain. the low pressure is going to lift up to the north and east. that's going to be bringing rain as it reaches colder air. it wi
pressure to eliminate or transform fannie mae and freddie mac to try to reduce taxpayer losses. in fact, both of those combined have cost you $150 billion so far. back to you. >> thank you, mandy drury. thank you. >>> what do you give to the monarch who has everything? here's your answer. as the british roy 2011, some are strange. for will and kate gifts included a teddy bear from the british ambassador's office, a carved sockeye salmon, matching cowboy hats from calgary and one...
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his business was paid $25,000 a month to work with freddie mac's chief lobbyist. the contract specifically excluded lobbying services. you can stay with abc 7 your election station for the latest on the presidential race and also you can find updates on wjla.com. a new york man accused of trying to smuggle heroin into the united states is facing charges after authorities caught him at dulles international airport. on january 16, police pulled him in for further inspection. he was returning to the united states. he had been in nigeria. authorities say the suspect had apparently swallowed a total of 86 thumb-sized pellets like you see here. they all tested positive for heroin. the pellets weighed nearly three opponents in total and have a street value of $78,000. this is the second heroin bust at the airport in less than two weeks. >> prosecutors have harsh words for the woman accused of killing her co-worker at a bethesda store. prosecutors say brittany norwood is beyond rehabilitation. she is scheduled to be sentenced on friday. norwood's lawyers are expected to s
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mac at a time freddie mac was not doing the right thing for the american people, and that you were selling influence in washington at a time we needed people to stand up for the truth in washington. >> there's no disputing that romney is vastly outspending newt gingrich. when you combine the romney's campaigns own ads with the pro romney super pac, it's over $17 million worth of commercials. whereas newt gingrich's campaign and the super pac that backed him as spent just a little bit over five. harris. >> karl, you again are joining us by phone, criss-crossing the state and keeping up with the candidates. gingrich is going on the attack but is it enough to pull off an upset. >> it will be tough. the gingrich campaign, and the speaker himself has said no matter what happens to florida they will continue to campaign. he suggested he will be around for weeks or months, even going all the way to the convention. and he has been hitting mitt romney from every conceivable angle today. here's just a campbell. >> i have had a long record as a very hard-hitting reagan conservative. and the idea that
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the two duking out in a debate on thursday over gingrich's work freddie mac whose loans helped trigger the housing crisis. >> the governor has cheerfully been attacking me wrongly and he knowt. >> reporter: immigration spark something the more contentionous moments. >> i'm not anti immigrant. my father was born in mexico. >> the race in florida continues to heat up especially over the issue of immigration. all the candidates are pushing hard for key endorsements. in miami, steve harrigan. >> the speculation about facebook going public is starting to heat up. the wall street jourlan said they could file the paperwork next week for a public offering. the sale would follow in a few months. it's expected to raise ten billion dollars through an ipo. it could be the largest ipo ever, facebook officials are not counting. >>> a report on economic growth from the commerce department shows 2011 not as good as 2010. the gdp grew 1.7% n2010 it was 3%. for the final three moss of last year it was a 2.8%. it fell short of the projections of more than 3%. snoot dow closed lower today in the wake of t
the two duking out in a debate on thursday over gingrich's work freddie mac whose loans helped trigger the housing crisis. >> the governor has cheerfully been attacking me wrongly and he knowt. >> reporter: immigration spark something the more contentionous moments. >> i'm not anti immigrant. my father was born in mexico. >> the race in florida continues to heat up especially over the issue of immigration. all the candidates are pushing hard for key endorsements. in...
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attacking me -- falsely, about freddie mac, he is surround bide freddie mac lobbyists. he has lots of people to organize things. if you get three or four parallel articles falsely attacking me about reagan on the same morning, you know that that is an orchestrated attack. that's the romney machine, doing its job. >> greta: can you overcome that? >> yeah. we are going on beat him. >> greta: here in florida? >> i think so. >> greta: by how much? >> i have no idea. one vote would be good and i would like more. >> greta: it's winner take all here. >> right. >> greta: you get the 50 or not. >> right. >> greta: how important is florida, obviously, you want to win, but if you don't win, is it catastrophic? >> no, no. >> greta: what's the path? >> south carolina would have been catastrophic. florida, i want to win. i think we can win. i think we probably will win now. but if we come very, very close, the race will go on. and i think the more people know about how liberal he was in massachusetts and the more they learn about how little regard he has for the facts, the harder the
attacking me -- falsely, about freddie mac, he is surround bide freddie mac lobbyists. he has lots of people to organize things. if you get three or four parallel articles falsely attacking me about reagan on the same morning, you know that that is an orchestrated attack. that's the romney machine, doing its job. >> greta: can you overcome that? >> yeah. we are going on beat him. >> greta: here in florida? >> i think so. >> greta: by how much? >> i have no...
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meanwhile romney released a new attack ad targeting gingrich and his business links to the freddie mac mortgage crisis, but gingrich says he'll release those records and fired back today. >> this is such baloney. now, it used to be pious baloney but now it's just desperate baloney. >> rick santorum and ron paul will also participate tonight. >>> one of the candidates is taking aim at the bay area. monte francis is live in san francisco with that part of the story. >> reporter: well, janelle, good evening. when newt gingrich talks about san francisco values, he does not mean it as a compliment. we talked to one political expert who said it's part of a smart political strategy to win republican votes. >> i'm now going to veto a middle class tax cut to protect left wing environmental extremists in san francisco. >> reporter: when newt gingrich talks about san francisco and its left wing environmental extremists, it hits a nerve with voters who live in the city by the bay. >> oh, it just makes me irate. i cannot believe how he labels us. there's absolutely no truth in it. >> reporter: but
meanwhile romney released a new attack ad targeting gingrich and his business links to the freddie mac mortgage crisis, but gingrich says he'll release those records and fired back today. >> this is such baloney. now, it used to be pious baloney but now it's just desperate baloney. >> rick santorum and ron paul will also participate tonight. >>> one of the candidates is taking aim at the bay area. monte francis is live in san francisco with that part of the story. >>...
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mac. yet he's the outsider and the establishment is fighting back against him. he really is a member of the establishment in a sense. when dole was run for president in 199, it was newt gingrich that the clinton campaign hung around dole's neck. it was gingrich's unpopularity that the clinton team used to help drag dole down. dole is not a fan of gingrich's so now he comes out. trent lott, another senate majority leader came out and blasted gingrich. also, by the way, i've had conversations with those who are still holding their tongue who think gingrich would be a disaster not only as a president but also for other republicans running in the senate and the house. they haven't said anything because they assumed that gingrich would ruin himself. >> it's a shift of the party, the establishment, whatever we want to call it. he endorsed romney in mid december and put out on -- an open letter to voters all about romney. never mentioned anyone else. he said i have a number of friends in this rac
mac. yet he's the outsider and the establishment is fighting back against him. he really is a member of the establishment in a sense. when dole was run for president in 199, it was newt gingrich that the clinton campaign hung around dole's neck. it was gingrich's unpopularity that the clinton team used to help drag dole down. dole is not a fan of gingrich's so now he comes out. trent lott, another senate majority leader came out and blasted gingrich. also, by the way, i've had conversations...
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mac. >> reporter: after the speech, he was still fuming. you sounded angry. >> i am angry. but i think i'm angry and every american should be angry. how can somebody run a campaign this dishonest and think he's going to have any credibility running for president? >> reporter: what you are now seeing is virtually the entire leadership of the republican party out to stop newt gingrich here in florida. they don't like him, david. and they don't think he can beat barack obama. >> abc's jon karl tonight. jon, thanks so much. >>> also breaking late today, our first look at chilling images of terror right here at home. this man was arrested after driving through the streets around our nation's capital, opening fire on military targets, shooting at the pentagon. well, today, he was in court. and tonight, here's abc's pierre thomas, on the growing concern over homegrown terror. >> reporter: you're looking at a homegrown radical, in ski mask, preparing to terrorize the washington, d.c. area. yonathan melaku recorded this chilling video, as he drove t
mac. >> reporter: after the speech, he was still fuming. you sounded angry. >> i am angry. but i think i'm angry and every american should be angry. how can somebody run a campaign this dishonest and think he's going to have any credibility running for president? >> reporter: what you are now seeing is virtually the entire leadership of the republican party out to stop newt gingrich here in florida. they don't like him, david. and they don't think he can beat barack obama....
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. >> the question is what are we going do with fannie mae and freddie mac? should have been auctioned off after the crash came. it would have been is slammed by now and sold. >> reporter: among hot topics in florida, the economy and illegal immigration. >> you should control the border, which i have pledged to do by january 1 of 2014. i should fix legal immigration in terms of visas so people can come and go easily, more easily than doing it illegally. >> reporter: it's the last debate before the florida primary, which is scheduled for tuesday. jonathan hunt, fox news. >>. we still have plenty ahead. >> fox 5 news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> good morning on this friday. taking a live look outside at the washington monument. the temperature in the 50s out there and surprisingly somewhat warmer outside and going to change later on today. good morning, everyone. i'm sarah simons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. if i could think of a way to describe today? >> yeah. >> a number, 9.5. >> out of 10? >> for what? >> for being the best outside.
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he's hitting gingrich for his connection to freddie mac, all the money he earned for consulting for freddie mac, and also calling santorum a liberal fallout for supporting abortion. these are pretty tough mailers but they're absolutely flooding mailboxes here in south carolina, randi. >> is there any evidence that rick perry or rick santorum might actually drop out and endorse newt gingrich and bring the conservative movement against mitt romney, as gingrich is suggesting? >> as much as gingrich would like that, there is no evidence of him making phone calls. rick per are you says absolutely not. he's excited about the debate tomorrow night. and santorum says, i beat in you new hampshire, you should drop out. there is no indication this race will take on a different shape before saturday's primary, ran di. >> just one, big, happy family. thank you for your reporting. and thank you for watching as always. i would love to hear what you think. you can continue the conversation with me on line. you can find me at randikaye@cnn.com. hi, brooke. >> hi, randi, i'll take it from here. let's go, beg
he's hitting gingrich for his connection to freddie mac, all the money he earned for consulting for freddie mac, and also calling santorum a liberal fallout for supporting abortion. these are pretty tough mailers but they're absolutely flooding mailboxes here in south carolina, randi. >> is there any evidence that rick perry or rick santorum might actually drop out and endorse newt gingrich and bring the conservative movement against mitt romney, as gingrich is suggesting? >> as...
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. >> after he left congress freddie mac paid gingrich at least did 1.6 million dollars. >> i have never supported the president's recovery act, rt all right? the stimulus. no time nowhere, no how. i think there is need for economic stimulus. >> all right. now joining us to analyze which ads have been working this campaign so far and which have not been is gop polster frank luntz, president and ceo of "luntz global." good morning to you, frank. boy, we know some of the ads have been successful here in iowa because newt gingrich who, of course, was riding high in the polls, has had a spectacular crash in the last couple of weeks. i want us to talk about one of the first ones ron paul. even governor branstad talked about this. let's listen to it and then talk about it. >> newt gingrich on the defense taking $1.5 million. >> after he left congress freddie mac paid gingrich at least $1.6 million. >> some of it just before the housing market collapsed. >> that is the voice of our own jan crawford in there. what do the dials mean and why was that ad successful? >> we test all of these ads on t
. >> after he left congress freddie mac paid gingrich at least did 1.6 million dollars. >> i have never supported the president's recovery act, rt all right? the stimulus. no time nowhere, no how. i think there is need for economic stimulus. >> all right. now joining us to analyze which ads have been working this campaign so far and which have not been is gop polster frank luntz, president and ceo of "luntz global." good morning to you, frank. boy, we know some of...
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even newt gingrich, why did he get, i think $1.6 million from fannie mae or freddie mac. why aren't they asking him what is it bay -- he did for them. i think it is wide open. i am glad people like doing it but i hope they are honest. host: "the washington post" below the fold. the concept as gospel to many business people, but the intersection with politics is creating what may be a recurring line of attack. the primary goal with these companies was and job creation, but making them more profitable and valuable. st. pete, florida. blair, republicans only year. go ahead. caller: yes, hi. i think at this time everyone needs to unify behind mitt romney. i am very disappointed to see republicans losing votes for who is obvious. mitt romney has come out on top. i think we are in a very, very critical time. i think if 1 republican loses one vote because of a negative ad against another republican, shame on us. and i really, really think we had a chance as a party to look at all of our candidates. i started with mitt romney but i'd look in a little bit -- i thought, maybe rick
even newt gingrich, why did he get, i think $1.6 million from fannie mae or freddie mac. why aren't they asking him what is it bay -- he did for them. i think it is wide open. i am glad people like doing it but i hope they are honest. host: "the washington post" below the fold. the concept as gospel to many business people, but the intersection with politics is creating what may be a recurring line of attack. the primary goal with these companies was and job creation, but making them...
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he was under contract with freddie mac for roughly six years. mr. gingrich has done himself nol favors in responding to that criticism when his first instinct was to say he wasn't paid for lobbying or consulting, more paid as a historian. >> your firm was paid $300,000 by freddie mac in 2006. what did do you for the money? >> i offered advice. my advice as a historian when they walked in and said we are making loans to people with no credit history. >> historians at that point crying out how much hundreds of thousands? how do i get a gig like that? the his storian line also led to this attack ad in florida by mitt romney against mr. gingrich. >> while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the agency that helped create the crisis. >> i offered advice, my advice as a historian. >> a historian? really? >> the micro context of this release tonight is that mr. gingrich seems to be attempting to nip this criticism in the bud by having his former consulting company release th
he was under contract with freddie mac for roughly six years. mr. gingrich has done himself nol favors in responding to that criticism when his first instinct was to say he wasn't paid for lobbying or consulting, more paid as a historian. >> your firm was paid $300,000 by freddie mac in 2006. what did do you for the money? >> i offered advice. my advice as a historian when they walked in and said we are making loans to people with no credit history. >> historians at that point...
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. >>> newt gingrich has released the contract he entered into with freddie mac. he'll be joining us in just a moment to tell us exactly what has been released tonight and whether or not the story come ports with newt gingrich's previous explanations of exactly how he earned that money from freddie mac. conservatives have developed a critique of what happened during the financial meltdown during the bush presidency, plays down the importance of wall street and plays up the importance of freddie mac and fannie mae and other things promoting home ownership. so it's made public that he took consulting fees while working for a home mortgage agency. mr. gingrich has done himself no favors in responding to that criticism when his first instinct was to say he wasn't paid for lobbying or consulting, he was more paid pas a historia. >> your firm was paid $300,000 in 2006 by freddie mac. what did you do with that money? >> my life as a historian was when he came up and said. >> how many hundreds of thousands? how do i get a gig like that. the historian line also led to this
. >>> newt gingrich has released the contract he entered into with freddie mac. he'll be joining us in just a moment to tell us exactly what has been released tonight and whether or not the story come ports with newt gingrich's previous explanations of exactly how he earned that money from freddie mac. conservatives have developed a critique of what happened during the financial meltdown during the bush presidency, plays down the importance of wall street and plays up the importance of...
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he's getting paid by freddie mac. they gave him a lot of rhetoric about being paid by freddie, but in 2012, a deal will happen that freddie won't want. >> this was in 2006, a year of mid-terms just before the democrats. >> i thought they only paid him for that brief period. >> the commercial that romney took out right now is saying it it paid him $1.7 million. if you go 25 grand a month, my math is telling me it's a little over six years, isn't it? >> that couldn't work. i think the contract was before that. i'm pretty sure from what i've read, the contract was during the period of republican control. gingrich is forced out of the house by his unsuccessful speaker -- >> is this a problem for gingrich, in your opinion? >> it would be by any normal standard and it will be, i think, in november. but again, gingrich has got behind him people that are so angry that all they want is that you be angry. in some ways the more outrageous the conduct the better they feel because that shows that your anger is what counts, and i b
he's getting paid by freddie mac. they gave him a lot of rhetoric about being paid by freddie, but in 2012, a deal will happen that freddie won't want. >> this was in 2006, a year of mid-terms just before the democrats. >> i thought they only paid him for that brief period. >> the commercial that romney took out right now is saying it it paid him $1.7 million. if you go 25 grand a month, my math is telling me it's a little over six years, isn't it? >> that couldn't work....
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. >> pelley: romney releases his tax returns and gingrich his contract with freddie mac. reports from jan crawford and dean reynolds. bill plante with the new kennedy tapes. the president says november 25, 1963 will be a tough day. it was-- for the entire nation. and it looks like "star wars." the sun pelt it is earth with a burst of radiation. bill whitaker on what a solar eruption will mean for our planet. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting from washington. >> pelley: good evening, in a short while president obama will leave the white house and make his way up pennsylvania avenue to the capitol to deliver his third state of the union address. the nationally televised speech will, in many ways, be the unofficial kickoff for his campaign for reelection, setting the tone and laying out the themes. chief among those themes, what he calls economic fairness. the same rules top to bottom. tonight the president will call for an america with "no bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts." norah o'donnell has seen more of the presid
. >> pelley: romney releases his tax returns and gingrich his contract with freddie mac. reports from jan crawford and dean reynolds. bill plante with the new kennedy tapes. the president says november 25, 1963 will be a tough day. it was-- for the entire nation. and it looks like "star wars." the sun pelt it is earth with a burst of radiation. bill whitaker on what a solar eruption will mean for our planet. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news"...
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you have investments from mutual funds that invest in fannie may and freddie mac. >> the candidate have a lot riding on florida. the winner of tuesday's primary takes all 50 of the delegates. giving that person a big boost. >> the bigger issue here is these two gentlemen who are out distracting from the most important issues by playing petty personal politics. >> rick santorum urged the frontrunners to focus on the issues, but the bickering continued when it came to gingrich's idea of setting up a permanent base on the moon. >> if i had a business executive and wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, i'd say you're fired. >> you don't have to be cheap everywhere. you can have priorities to get things done. >> i don't think we should go to the moon. we should maybe send politicians up there. >> the jabs are expected to continue through the weekend as the candidates make their final push to win over voters. rick santorum and ron paul put in strong performances last night and betty, there was a moment of lefty. ron paul was asked if he would release medic
you have investments from mutual funds that invest in fannie may and freddie mac. >> the candidate have a lot riding on florida. the winner of tuesday's primary takes all 50 of the delegates. giving that person a big boost. >> the bigger issue here is these two gentlemen who are out distracting from the most important issues by playing petty personal politics. >> rick santorum urged the frontrunners to focus on the issues, but the bickering continued when it came to gingrich's...
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. >> you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac a historian. we have congress that came and said you lobbied them with regards to medicare part-d, at the same time your center was taking contributions -- >> you just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> last night newt gingrich would not take the bait but today fired back at romney in an interview with a tampa bay fox station. >> ironically, he owns stock in fannie mae and freddie mac, i wish i had known it during the debate. i would have said you are a stock holder you are getting richer off of freddie mac. >> president bomb is stiobama i putting the final touches on his state of the union address. and romney fighting for his political life in florida is trying get the out ahead of the president. we have our correspondents here with us. welcome both, chris, first to you, the president's state of union speech, he is going on have the largest audience for any campaign style speech, what are the messages that he is trying get out? >> if you ask anyone in the white house and they have been on te
. >> you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac a historian. we have congress that came and said you lobbied them with regards to medicare part-d, at the same time your center was taking contributions -- >> you just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> last night newt gingrich would not take the bait but today fired back at romney in an interview with a tampa bay fox station. >> ironically, he owns stock in fannie mae and freddie mac, i wish i had known it during...
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. >> romney zeroed in on newt gingrich's work with freddie mac. gingrich released his 2006 contract with the mortgage lender before last night's debate. that doesn't stop the two from going at it on the issue. >> on this stage at a prior debate, you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac as an historian. they don't pay people 25,000 a month for six years as historians. that adds up to about $1.6 million. they weren't hiring you as an historian and this contract proves that you were not an historian, you were a consultant. it doesn't say that you provided historical experience, it says you were a consultant. and you were hired by the chief lobbyist. you were making over a million dollars at the same time the people in florida were hurt by millions of dollars. >> you know the gross revenue of bain wasn't your personal income. the company had three offices. the company was being paid. my share annually was about $35,000 a rear. and the fact is i offered strategic advice largely based on my knowledge of history including the history of washington.
. >> romney zeroed in on newt gingrich's work with freddie mac. gingrich released his 2006 contract with the mortgage lender before last night's debate. that doesn't stop the two from going at it on the issue. >> on this stage at a prior debate, you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac as an historian. they don't pay people 25,000 a month for six years as historians. that adds up to about $1.6 million. they weren't hiring you as an historian and this contract proves that you...
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freddie mac was paying $1600,000 at the same time freddie mac was costing the people of florida millions upon millions of dollars. >> jon: hot or not.com rating the speaker a resounding not! here is the thing romney has no idea who he is dealing with. you can't be a dick to gingrich. he is a master of dick-fu. he will use his opponents dicknessness against -- he studied in the mountains of tibet with the dicky-llama. watch him at work. >> there's a point in the drama where it gets pointlessly nasty and that's sad. >> jon: mitt was a dick to him so romney he is thinking he wile a dick back and now mitt looks like a total dick. now newt proceed proid to (bleep) on mitt from above. >> he went on make alleges. i'm not going to spend the evening chase s goff ngo romney's misinformation. we'll have a site on newt.org. i don't want to waste the time on the them. >> jon:s that contempt. my time is valuable. i don't want to waste it describing the ways mitt romney is a liar. he has lost the support of grandchildren after gang support the elderly. he will receive calls like this gary, i can't get
freddie mac was paying $1600,000 at the same time freddie mac was costing the people of florida millions upon millions of dollars. >> jon: hot or not.com rating the speaker a resounding not! here is the thing romney has no idea who he is dealing with. you can't be a dick to gingrich. he is a master of dick-fu. he will use his opponents dicknessness against -- he studied in the mountains of tibet with the dicky-llama. watch him at work. >> there's a point in the drama where it gets...
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let me just say the work product with fannie mae and freddie mac was clearly ultimately in the public interest because "the new york times" reported in july of 2008 that i went to the house republican conference and said vote no. do not give them anymore money. they need to be totally reformed and totally overhauled. so the only public record of any kind about my talking to the congress about fannie mae and freddie mac, i urged that they not get a penny of money, that the house republicans vote no on bailing them out. which is the opposite of what my critics would suggest. on the first one, i invite everybody -- >> so would you release those reports that you gave them? >> the only thing that we gave them in writing they've actually published -- >> would you release -- >> the only thing we gave them in writing actually they published it. it included a call for more regulations of their kind of institutions. you can read it. it's on their website. that's the only thing we gave them of that kind. so the rest was just sitting and talking about ideas and talking about strategies. i'd worke
let me just say the work product with fannie mae and freddie mac was clearly ultimately in the public interest because "the new york times" reported in july of 2008 that i went to the house republican conference and said vote no. do not give them anymore money. they need to be totally reformed and totally overhauled. so the only public record of any kind about my talking to the congress about fannie mae and freddie mac, i urged that they not get a penny of money, that the house...
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and the idea that someone running for president was getting paid by freddie mac at the time that was going on. $1.6billion. that urged people. >> the barrage of attack ads that the romney campaign has been running in florida is dishonest. and romney mobbed the campaign promise to build a colony on the moon. >> idea as the moon of the 51st state is not what would come to my mind. >> the other candidates have set their sights on states further down the road. rick santorum is holding events in missouri and minnesota, while ron paul takes his campaign to colorado tuesday. in washington, i'm renee march marsh. >> president ronald reagan's son, michael, joined him on the campaign trail. >>> well the fight over when virginia schools return from summer break is not over. at least not quite yet. the house of delegates approved a bill that would allow schools to start before labor day. as of now, public schools have to start after the holiday so they can accommodate the tourist accommodations. l bill heads to the house where it's expected to pass. an identical version died in a virginia senate
and the idea that someone running for president was getting paid by freddie mac at the time that was going on. $1.6billion. that urged people. >> the barrage of attack ads that the romney campaign has been running in florida is dishonest. and romney mobbed the campaign promise to build a colony on the moon. >> idea as the moon of the 51st state is not what would come to my mind. >> the other candidates have set their sights on states further down the road. rick santorum is...
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fanny, freddi freddie mac lobbyists now you can call that lobbyist or call that influence peddling but it is certainly one of the two. >> rose: rather than historian. >> yes. >> he wouldn'tobby. >> the contract says that. >> rose: that he will not lobby. and that is where he is going to make his snd. whatever it is he was not lobbying because the contract said he didn't lobby. >> he created a problem saying historian and the mockery for people in our world, not necessarily for voters. >> well, i mean, look, i have been hd on republicans. there is one scenario. >> rose: i noticed that. >> -- in which you should seement some of the letters i get. there is one scenario. >> rose: from the owner? >> no. from -- [ laughter ] >> in which this works out for republicans. my colleague peggy noonan pointed this out a few weeks ago. newt is a very good sparring partner, and if romney wants to get better and romney wants to go up against the genuinely campaign, competent campaigner like obama going just a couple of round with newt gingrich might actually do him some good. he might come to understan
fanny, freddi freddie mac lobbyists now you can call that lobbyist or call that influence peddling but it is certainly one of the two. >> rose: rather than historian. >> yes. >> he wouldn'tobby. >> the contract says that. >> rose: that he will not lobby. and that is where he is going to make his snd. whatever it is he was not lobbying because the contract said he didn't lobby. >> he created a problem saying historian and the mockery for people in our world,...
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i think the big thing is they're going to call on gingrich to release his contract with freddie mac and i think everybody thinks in that contract there were specific things he was supposed to do and you're going to hear about that again and again. >> donna, you've run campaigns. what is the romney campaign going through tonight at this hour? >> there's no question, they're looking at the delegates and they know whether this race ends in florida, or super tuesday, they have the money and organization. they can beat newt gingrich. >> eric, what are you looking at moving forward? where does this race go? >> i want to see ron paul. i'm surprised he came in fourth place here. by the way, public service message to the troopers of columbia -- >> you can tell you're in a bar. >> how nasty on the republican side is this race going to get? >> this is winner take all in florida. nobody is going to leave any arrows in the quiver here. >> this is a newt, you release your dirt, romney, you release your dirt. republicans are off base. >> i want to thank all our
i think the big thing is they're going to call on gingrich to release his contract with freddie mac and i think everybody thinks in that contract there were specific things he was supposed to do and you're going to hear about that again and again. >> donna, you've run campaigns. what is the romney campaign going through tonight at this hour? >> there's no question, they're looking at the delegates and they know whether this race ends in florida, or super tuesday, they have the money...
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let's see what report he proceeded for fannie mae and freddie mac. what the contract looked like. i thought he said he was going to do that. let's have him describe his relationships in washington. >> reporter: rick santorum was belatedly named the winner of iowa caucuses after a recount and polls show him locked in a battle for third place with ron paul. back at tommy's ham house, we also caught up with calista gingrich, who usually likes to avoid the spotlight. >> ready for a big day? >> yeah. >> you might win here, huh? >> we think. >> reporter: whatever happens here in south carolina, look for the romney campaign to attempt as knockout blow on gingrich in florida which votes next. they'll go after his record in congress, go after his record after congress and, david, they've got one big advantage going into the next primary contest. that is money. the romney campaign has a lot more of it than gingrich. >> jon karl, stay right there, we'll come to you as soon as we have a winner tonight. in the meantime i want to bring in helps of our political te
let's see what report he proceeded for fannie mae and freddie mac. what the contract looked like. i thought he said he was going to do that. let's have him describe his relationships in washington. >> reporter: rick santorum was belatedly named the winner of iowa caucuses after a recount and polls show him locked in a battle for third place with ron paul. back at tommy's ham house, we also caught up with calista gingrich, who usually likes to avoid the spotlight. >> ready for a big...
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paid by freddie mac time it was going on at $1.6 million hurts people >> called a barrage of attack advertisements mitt romney campaign airing in florida dishonest. >> mitt romney might think campaign promises to build a colony on the mood.n >> the idea of the moon as the 51st state does not come to my mind as a campaign basis here in florida at >> rick santorum missouri and minnesota and ron paul taking campaign to call robert tuesday. colorado tuesday. >> how music can alter the aging process and sneak peek at top super bowl advertisements before sunday's big game. and correct six of eight * nfl video game predicts the winner of this year's super bowl. will it be right again? tonight's medical watch man giving insight environmental factors but archaeologists unearthed 2700 year old man and found evidence he had prostate cancer. no possibility of consuming process food or and helland modern day pollutants researchers say concluded and genetic calls for the disease. call a brain milk and milk drinkers or better on brain function test. enjoy a glass a day to boost mental performance. researchers un
paid by freddie mac time it was going on at $1.6 million hurts people >> called a barrage of attack advertisements mitt romney campaign airing in florida dishonest. >> mitt romney might think campaign promises to build a colony on the mood.n >> the idea of the moon as the 51st state does not come to my mind as a campaign basis here in florida at >> rick santorum missouri and minnesota and ron paul taking campaign to call robert tuesday. colorado tuesday. >> how...
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one of his chief strategies will be to equity newt gingrich to freddie mac. in a place like florida when a quarter of the homes are in foreclosure, how concerned of you with that having an impact? >> as we have seen from mitt romney, is now 4 and 19 in elections. as we have seen consistently from mitt romney, he attacks people on the issues he's just as weak, if not weaker on. back in september his own newspaper ran a piece about him being involved in hundreds of, a small fortune in investments pertaining to fanny and freddie. i'm confident he will expose these things. i think romney is in the position in florida that newt was in in south carolina. if romney loses this, he will not be the republican nominee. >> we'll see the clip and play it back in a few weeks. i want to play a piece of sound. this is the santorum exchange from two days ago. i want to talk to you guys on the other side about something. take a listen. >> i never refer to obama as president obama because legally he is not. why isn't something being done to get him out our government? he has no
one of his chief strategies will be to equity newt gingrich to freddie mac. in a place like florida when a quarter of the homes are in foreclosure, how concerned of you with that having an impact? >> as we have seen from mitt romney, is now 4 and 19 in elections. as we have seen consistently from mitt romney, he attacks people on the issues he's just as weak, if not weaker on. back in september his own newspaper ran a piece about him being involved in hundreds of, a small fortune in...
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i also had not known about his connection with freddie mac. it came up the first time that one of the debates. that was the first i heard of it. if you are a voter in i iowa and you hear about newt running and you remember what he did in 1994, you would be inclined to support cann. then you learn about this, hammered home in the ads those two elements with the single m most important. >> bloomberg news reports that romney's 8-vote margin, $75.44 a vote. rick santorum, " $10.12 a vote. $218.65 a vote -- rick perry. [laughter] >> what about john connally? $17 millllion? one delicate trade that is the world record. -- one delegate. that is the world record. >> the on kind -- unkindest cut gingrich received was not frorom romney but the establishment i'm talking about republicans inside the beltway, those who served with him inn congress. they really went after him. columnists also. he is not going to forget this. it is that rejection that is going to bother him, and will go beyond new hampshire beyond of florida. he will teach those folks in less
i also had not known about his connection with freddie mac. it came up the first time that one of the debates. that was the first i heard of it. if you are a voter in i iowa and you hear about newt running and you remember what he did in 1994, you would be inclined to support cann. then you learn about this, hammered home in the ads those two elements with the single m most important. >> bloomberg news reports that romney's 8-vote margin, $75.44 a vote. rick santorum, " $10.12 a...
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freddie mac involved in the enormous problem in the meltdown. gingrich was happy to take $1.6 million from the firm before the meltdown, romney says. so two of these big financial firms front and center here in this debate. >> the financials in the center of the debate. it's firing up the upset over wall street. >> yeah. that's right. there is a lot of anger here. and clearly the gingrich campaign is making the calculation there is enough inside a electorate that using a name like goldman sachs on the campaign trail would be a bad thing. any other time it would be a benchmark for quality in a republican campaign. now goldman sachs has become a bugaboo. something else entirely. gingrich is calculating a lot of the voters here in tampa today voters here will be enough outraged by what's happening in the wake of the financial crisis that any links to any wall street elite will play as a negative even in the electorate. >> let's talk about how important florida is. how important is florida in terms of who is victorious? >> look. it is extremely impo
freddie mac involved in the enormous problem in the meltdown. gingrich was happy to take $1.6 million from the firm before the meltdown, romney says. so two of these big financial firms front and center here in this debate. >> the financials in the center of the debate. it's firing up the upset over wall street. >> yeah. that's right. there is a lot of anger here. and clearly the gingrich campaign is making the calculation there is enough inside a electorate that using a name like...
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. >> freddie mac was not doing the right thing for the american people. >> reporter: that mortgage firm played a major role in the collapse of the housing market, and the florida economy took a major hit. unemployment is higher than the national average here in florida, and there were more than 24,000 foreclosures in the state last month. only california had more. 62-year-old carmon taste has owned her orlando home for 14 years and can't keep up with the payments. >> are you scared that you'll lose your house? >> yes. >> reporter: carmon says her mortgage has skyrocketed to $993. the economy is her number one concern. >> am i going to have enough money to pay for my mortgage next month or to pay my light, my water? >> reporter: the gop hopefuls have two more days to convince florida voters they have the solution to turn the economy around. danielle nottingham, cbs news, tampa, florida. >>> a series of crashes killing at least 10 people. how the weather and possibly a criminal combined to make drivers virtually blind. >>> here in the cbs 5 weather center, we've been monitoring increasing
. >> freddie mac was not doing the right thing for the american people. >> reporter: that mortgage firm played a major role in the collapse of the housing market, and the florida economy took a major hit. unemployment is higher than the national average here in florida, and there were more than 24,000 foreclosures in the state last month. only california had more. 62-year-old carmon taste has owned her orlando home for 14 years and can't keep up with the payments. >> are you...
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mac. the u.s. federal reserve thinks using the mortgage giants may help repair and stabilize the broken housing market, even if those actions cause fannie and freddie to lose more money in the short term. since falling into government conservatorship, the companies have cost taxpayers $151 billion. the federal reserve report to congress released today stopped short of making specific recommendations to fix fannie and freddie. modifications and money are two big forces shaping housing market. tonight, we look at money-- specifically cash. even though mortgage rates are near record-low levels, some buyers with the means, including those from overseas, prefer to pay in cash. after several years of decline, 2011 was a big year for home sales in miami. existing-home sales surged 52% in the first 11 months of the year, according to the national association of realtors. nationwide, home sales were up only 2% during the same time period. the nice weather helps, but so does cash-- especially foreig
mac. the u.s. federal reserve thinks using the mortgage giants may help repair and stabilize the broken housing market, even if those actions cause fannie and freddie to lose more money in the short term. since falling into government conservatorship, the companies have cost taxpayers $151 billion. the federal reserve report to congress released today stopped short of making specific recommendations to fix fannie and freddie. modifications and money are two big forces shaping housing market....
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a contract with freddie mac. he t >> i don't think we can possibly retake the white house if the person leading the party is working for the chief lobbyist of freddie mac. you have congressman saying you lobbied them. at the same time, your center was taking contributions -- >> you just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> another instance of influence peddling. >> i understand your technique. you have used it consistently. st unfortunate. it's not going to work very well. the american people see through it. >> reporter: it does seem this blood bath is taking its toll on both sides. our new poll shows unfavorable views of mitt romney have sky-rocketed. far outpacing those who view him favorably. newt's favorability dropped six points since november. meantime, president obama has his highest favorability numbers in over a year. >> let's get the white house's take on this. david plouffe, the top political strategist joins us. i want to begin with the tax returns of mitt romney. at 6:03 a.m., an e-mail, a blast,
a contract with freddie mac. he t >> i don't think we can possibly retake the white house if the person leading the party is working for the chief lobbyist of freddie mac. you have congressman saying you lobbied them. at the same time, your center was taking contributions -- >> you just jumped a long way over here, friend. >> another instance of influence peddling. >> i understand your technique. you have used it consistently. st unfortunate. it's not going to work very...
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. >> the idea that someone running for president was getting paid by freddie mac at the time that was going on, $1.6 billion. that's the reason why speaker gingrich had a hard time. i think people realize if they want to see change in washington, you can't elect the same people to take different chairs. you have to have new people come in and take over. >> b >> what do you have to say about that? >> it might be true. it also helps if you have a 12 to $13 million differential, that much of an edge over your opponent. that's the big story out of florida is that romney is significantly outspending newt gingri gingrich. a lot of it is negative, and negative works. i think it comes down to the fact that florida is a more diverse state as compared to south carolina. south carolina was tailor made for newt gingrich. this was not. >> michael smerconish, nice to see you. >>> coming up, big news in the fight against cancer. the fda approves a new pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer. >>> governor brewer is trying to cash in on the incident. >>> the "news nation gut check," vassa
. >> the idea that someone running for president was getting paid by freddie mac at the time that was going on, $1.6 billion. that's the reason why speaker gingrich had a hard time. i think people realize if they want to see change in washington, you can't elect the same people to take different chairs. you have to have new people come in and take over. >> b >> what do you have to say about that? >> it might be true. it also helps if you have a 12 to $13 million...
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you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac as an historian. they don't pay people $25,000 a month for six years as historians. we have congressmen who say you lobbied them in favor -- >> i didn't lobby them. >> they say you lobbied them with regard to medicare part d. >> whoa, whoa. you just jumped a long way over here, friend. i understand your technique which you used on mccain, huckabee. you have used it consistently. it's unfortunate and it won't work well because the american people see through it. >> rick santorum stayed above the fray saying he draws the clearest contrast with president obama. >> if you have learned anything about this election that any type of prediction is going to be wrong. the idea that this was a two-person race has been an idea that has been in fashion now for eight months and it's been wrong about eight times. >> reporter: also trailing the front-runners here, ron paul said he has no plans to run as a third party candidate but gave a back-handed compliment to his surging rival. >> would you support a newt gingric
you said you were paid $300,000 by freddie mac as an historian. they don't pay people $25,000 a month for six years as historians. we have congressmen who say you lobbied them in favor -- >> i didn't lobby them. >> they say you lobbied them with regard to medicare part d. >> whoa, whoa. you just jumped a long way over here, friend. i understand your technique which you used on mccain, huckabee. you have used it consistently. it's unfortunate and it won't work well because the...
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mac and fannie mae. >> yeah, it was like, you have done it too. >> they heard newt talking about it that day, and they did research and voila. a week ago we were talking about the newt surge, and immediately after newt won, doris is right, the republican establishment rebells, just like immediately after romney won new hampshire and looked inevitable, the conservative establishment rebelled. it's ugly for the republican brand where you have sarah palin coming up and comparing the republican party to stallin? chuck's poll showed these guys are upside down now in the positive and negative ratings. this is hurting the republican party moving forward. >> and newt lives and died by the debates. first he complained last week that there was no reaction allowed from the crowd. and then he said there was too much and it destroyed his rhythm, and then he wanted to go back to the lincoln and douglas debate, and the crowd would yell out hit him again, harder, and what would happen to his rhythm in that happened? >> we will put up on the screen what the tax return showed for mitt romney and how
mac and fannie mae. >> yeah, it was like, you have done it too. >> they heard newt talking about it that day, and they did research and voila. a week ago we were talking about the newt surge, and immediately after newt won, doris is right, the republican establishment rebells, just like immediately after romney won new hampshire and looked inevitable, the conservative establishment rebelled. it's ugly for the republican brand where you have sarah palin coming up and comparing the...
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he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations and took $1.6 million from freddie mac before it helped cause the economic meltdown. newt supports amnesty for illegal immigrants and teamed with nancy pelosi and al gore on global warming. maybe that's why george will calls him the least conservative candidate. check the facts at newtfacts.com. restore our future inc. is responsible for the content of this message. >> here's another one. let's watch the second one. this is along the same line, michael steele. this is what you call the good samaritan, here he is, another pro-romney group, the same one, by the restore our future, while destroying mitt romney -- i'm sorry. newt gingrich. let's listen. >> oops! >> every notice how some people make a lot of mistakes? >> it was probably a mistake. >> i made a mistake. >> i've made mistakes at times. >> so far, newt gingrich has admitted his mistakes or flipped on teaming up with nancy pelosi, immigration, medicare, health care, iraq, attacking mitt romney and more. >> i made a big mistake in the spring. >> haven't we had enough mistakes? restore our
he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations and took $1.6 million from freddie mac before it helped cause the economic meltdown. newt supports amnesty for illegal immigrants and teamed with nancy pelosi and al gore on global warming. maybe that's why george will calls him the least conservative candidate. check the facts at newtfacts.com. restore our future inc. is responsible for the content of this message. >> here's another one. let's watch the second one. this is along the same line,...
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the contracts we released from freddie mac said i would do no consulting-- wrote in, no... i mean, no lobbying, none. >> woodruff: and the other two candidates, rick santorum and ron paul, who have seemed out of the center ring, worked their way back in, at least for the moment. >> the bigger issue here is these two gentlemen, who are out distracting from the most important issues we have by playing petty personal politics. can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and used the skills that he developed as a member of congress to go out and advise companies, and that's not the worst thing in the world; and that mitt romney is a wealthy guy because he worked hard and he's going out and working hard. and you guys should leave that alone and focus on the issues. ( cheers and applause ) >> well, i don't think we should go to the moon. i think we maybe should send some politicians up there at times. ( laughter ) >> woodruff: with just four days to go until florida republicans make their choice, the drama promised to continue right up till poll closing time. >> brown: an
the contracts we released from freddie mac said i would do no consulting-- wrote in, no... i mean, no lobbying, none. >> woodruff: and the other two candidates, rick santorum and ron paul, who have seemed out of the center ring, worked their way back in, at least for the moment. >> the bigger issue here is these two gentlemen, who are out distracting from the most important issues we have by playing petty personal politics. can we set aside that newt was a member of congress and...
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we saw what happened just prior to your debate with the money that he made from freddie mac, which became so controversial. what are we expecting to see in these tax returns? and do you think that he will explain newt inc., as some have referred to it, because there were the 527s, the book, the foundation, all the other things that he has done. >> reporter: i think he'll be compelled to explain some of it, andrea, but i think the real purpose here is to put pressure on mitt romney, and we know that however affluent newt gingrich became after becoming speaker and earning all that money from fannie and freddie and getting the big, fat line of credit at tiffany's, he's not nearly as rich as mitt romney. and he knows that and he knows that by calling attention to what mitt romney hasn't released, he can put a little more pressure on him leading up to south carolina and that vote on saturday, when a lot of events are going in newt gingrich's favor right now. >> and in fact, the release of his tax returns in putting the pressure on mitt romney is going to be a half hour before tonight's debate.
we saw what happened just prior to your debate with the money that he made from freddie mac, which became so controversial. what are we expecting to see in these tax returns? and do you think that he will explain newt inc., as some have referred to it, because there were the 527s, the book, the foundation, all the other things that he has done. >> reporter: i think he'll be compelled to explain some of it, andrea, but i think the real purpose here is to put pressure on mitt romney, and we...
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newt was fined $300,000 for ethics violations, took $1.6 million from freddie mac, and co-sponsored a bill with nancy pelosi that would've given $60 million a year to a u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. don't be fooled by newt's attacks. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> the bain capital attacks led by gingrich and perry have helped romney gain support from key business leaders. the president of the chamber of commerce says he's disappointed with the intramural carrying on of the republican party. and compared to fingernails on the chalk board. >> he was a perry supporter, he's now a romney supporter. >> wynn is completely throwing his weight behind mitt romney. it's a big hit for perry who is trying to reframe the issue as a critique against washington. >> i love capitalism. i mean free market capitalism in the state of texas has created over 1 million jobs. we understand how capitalism needs to work, but this corrupt and fraudulent activity that's been going on in washington, d.c. between them and wall street has to stop. an
newt was fined $300,000 for ethics violations, took $1.6 million from freddie mac, and co-sponsored a bill with nancy pelosi that would've given $60 million a year to a u.n. program supporting china's brutal one child policy. don't be fooled by newt's attacks. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> the bain capital attacks led by gingrich and perry have helped romney gain support from key business leaders. the president of the chamber of commerce says he's...